Share of U.S. online time spent on digital content 2016

Published by Statista Research Department, May 30, 2025
This statistic shows the share of time spent online on selected digital content categories. As of December 2016, it was found that 20 percent of U.S. digital minutes were spent on social media. Music content accounted for 11 percent of internet usage time.
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Distribution of digital time spent on selected content categories in the United States as of December 2016

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Statistic: Distribution of digital time spent on selected content categories in the United States as of December 2016

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May 2017

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United States

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December 2016

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